Use of the Irish Language
Tá leagan Gaeilge ar fáil ach cliceáil ag barr an leathanaigh ar Gaeilge.
Services which the Councils offer through the medium of Irish
You can:
- write letters and fill in forms in Irish
- speak to, or telephone us using Irish
- have a translator at meetings with government and public bodies
- receive some official documents in Irish
- use the Irish form of your personal name
- use the Irish form of our traditional placenames
If there is a street light broken in your area, report it through the medium of Irish...
If there are difficulties with refuse collection, make your complaint through the medium of Irish...
If you are making an application for funding from a government agency, write in Irish...
The Belfast Agreement of 1998 gave a new status to the Irish language in Northern Ireland. A statutory cross-border language group, the North/South Implementation Body, was established between December 1999 and February 2000.
Foras na Gaeilge, the Irish Language organization established as a result of the working of the cross-border language group, is now the principal body through which the Irish language is funded and developed over the island.
Two further organizations were also established by the Department for Education and Employment to fund and develop Irish-Medium Education within Northern Ireland; Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta - the Trust for Irish Medium Education - and Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta - the Council for Irish Medium Education.
Foras na Gaeilge, the Irish language agency of that body, is now the main language promotion and funding organisation in Ireland.
Two new organisations were also established by the Department of Education to fund and develop Irish-medium education in Northern Ireland; Iontaobhas na Gaelscolaíochta and Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta.
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